TY - BOOK AU - Stiglitz,Joseph E. TI - Globalization and its discontents SN - 0393324397 (pbk.) AV - HF1418.5 .S75 2003 U1 - 337 22 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton KW - International Monetary Fund KW - Developing countries KW - sears KW - International economic integration KW - Foreign trade regulation KW - International finance KW - Globalization KW - Economic aspects KW - International economic relations KW - International trade KW - Finance KW - Commercial policy KW - United States N1 - "With a new afterword"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-274) and index; The promise of global institutions -- Broken promises -- Freedom to choose? -- The East Asian crisis : how IMF policies brought the world to the verge of a global meltdown -- Who lost Russia? -- Unfair trade laws and other mischief -- Better roads to the market -- The IMF's other agenda -- The way ahead; Library Journal; Pub Weekly; Booklist; Adult; Follett Library Resources; Adult N2 - Former World Bank chief economist Joseph E. Stiglitz expresses his disillusionment with international institutions and Washington policy makers regarding the global economy, discussing the plight of poor nations, the East Asia crisis, and the former Soviet economies ER -